عبارت انگلیسی
defense
معنی و توضیح
The word “defense,” in this podcast, means a strategy or actions for protecting oneself and not letting another person or team win an advantage: “The company’s best defense against new competitors is to continue to provide high- quality products at a low price.” When talking about sports, “defense” refers to the players and strategies used to prevent the other team from scoring points: “Both teams had good offense, but weak defense, so it was a high-scoring game.” When talking about countries and/or the military, “defense” refers to efforts to protect people from an attack and to fight back when attacked: “Any decrease in military spending will weaken our national defense.” Finally, “self- defense” refers to one’s ability to protect oneself from an attack: “The university encourages female students to take a self-defense course to learn to protect themselves.” attention span In this podcast, the phrase “attention span” means how long someone can concentrate on a particular topic or thing without becoming distracted and beginning to think about something else: “Young students have a short attention span, so teachers often introduce new ideas and activities every few minutes.” A “time span” is the amount of time between two dates or events: “They doubled the number of employees over a very short time span.” The phrase “life span” refers to the entire life of a person or animal: “Over its life span, this insect could produce thousands of eggs.” Finally, a “wing span” is the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of another wing: “The wing span of an Andean condor can be more than 10 feet!” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1132 – Defending Your Ideas at Work
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اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Defending Your Ideas at Work». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,132 – Defending Your Ideas at Work.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,132. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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In this episode, we’re going to talk about defending your ideas, or giving reasons for your ideas, when you’re at work. Let’s get started.
Monica: That’s why I don’t think it’s doable. We should consider other ideas. ...
That was Monica. She’s my co-worker and my nemesis. She criticizes all of my ideas, but I’ve learned that the best defense is to not get defensive. ...
Kazuya: I appreciate your feedback. I understand your reservations, but let me show you these figures
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